We’ve mentioned Kami before and now we’re back again. Kami is a digital annotation tool that helps students and teachers interact with pdf documents. All students have the Kami extension pre-installed on their Parkway-issued Chromebooks. Teachers need to install the Kami extension in Chrome.
Similar to Google Docs, users can comment on pdf documents with Kami. Some additional comment features unique to Kami are:
| Voice comment - This comment type is handy if you need to record a raw video clip rather than typing. For example, you can practice or test for an elementary student’s reading fluency. Or you can give students the option to respond via audio rather than typing in Kami. |
| Video comment - Users can record a video of themselves directly in Kami, rather than going to an additional external site such as FlipGrid or Loom. For example, students can record their facial expressions in different emotional states. Recording in video also allows for personalization. |
| Screen Capture comment - My personal favorite! Users can video record their screen directly in Kami rather than going to an additional external site such as Screencastify or Loom. For example, students can show their mathematical thinking by drawing out their through process on the PDF. This would be similar to the Highlight the Image feature in Schoology. |
To access these tools, click on the Comment tool and the different comment options will pop up. Keep in mind, when using these comment tools for the first time you will often be prompted to allow permissions.
Stay tuned for more Kami features in the future!
